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Diversity of spotted fever group Rickettsia infection in hard ticks from Suifenhe, Chinese-Russian border.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Jul 2016
Cheng Cheng, Fu Weiming, Ju Wendong, Yang Liwei, Xu Ning, Wang Yan-Mei, Li Hui, Wang Yan-Lu, Hu Man-Xia, Wen Jing, Jiao Dan, Geng Cong, Sun Yi
Abstract excerpt
In order to investigate the diversity of spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia infection in hard ticks, ticks were harvested from the forest areas in Suifenhe city, along the Chinese-Russian border and conventional PCR was carried out using universal SFG Rickettsia primers targeting gltA and ompA genes to screen for their infection with SFG Rickettsia organisms. Results showed that of the 215 ticks belonging to...
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